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Hall of Fame: March 2026 Champions
· ArcadeDeck Team · #hall-of-fame #community
March 2026 marks the first month archived to the ArcadeDeck Hall of Fame. Three players cleared the threshold to feature on the permanent record: Playerkt at 12 points, GG at 10, and BEN at 7. Congratulations to all three.
How the points broke down
Of the 16 playable games on ArcadeDeck during March, the leader board contributed points across nine of them. The biggest single contributors to the top three were Galaxy Launch (idle, three first-place finishes), GEM MERGE (puzzle, two first-place finishes including one record-setting low move count), and Triangle Battle (multiplayer, contested across many sessions).
Playerkt's 12-point total came from a remarkable five top-three finishes spread across genres — including a top-three on the deeply technical Polygon Invasion TD, which most players bounce off in their first session. GG concentrated on action and arcade titles (Gate of Hell, 15s Click Challenge, Skyfall), and BEN posted a strong showing on the strategy side (Kingdom's Last Stand, Endless War, Spirit Duel).
Trends we noticed
March's leaderboards skewed heavily toward arcade and casual titles. The longer-form strategy and roguelike games (Dicefall Chronicles, Heroes of the Last Nexus) had top-five activity but lower volume — typical for genres where a single run can run 30-60 minutes. We expect April to swing more strategy-heavy as players who finished March pivot toward longer sessions for the second monthly cycle.
The only game with no scored entries this month was 40th Century: Void Survivor's hardcore mode, which remains the hardest single ranking on the platform. If you crack the top 10 there, expect a featured profile in the next recap.
Spotlight: GEM MERGE move-count record
Playerkt's GEM MERGE first-place run finished a full board with 27 fewer moves than the previous record. We pulled the replay and the route is unusual — heavy diagonal stacking with deliberate corner reservations, which lines up with several of the patterns covered in our recent strategy post. If you're chasing the GEM MERGE leaderboard in April, that replay is worth studying.
April outlook
The April cycle is live. New monthly archives are added on the first of each month, and last month's standings stay on the Hall of Fame page indefinitely. If you didn't finish in the top three in March, the cycle resets cleanly — every player starts April at zero points.
Browse the live standings on the Hall of Fame page. See you in the next archive.
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